Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier: The Prose Writings of Eoin Ua Cathail by Mahoney, Patrick J [Editor] - 2021-04-26

University of North Texas Press. In Irish and English. Dual language. Near fine in a like unclipped jkt. No markings. Guaranteed condition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2021.

Hardback. New. Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier is a bilingual compilation of stories by Eoin Ua Cathail, an Irish emigrant, based loosely on his experiences in the West and Midwest. The author draws on the popular American Dime Novel genre throughout to offer unique reflections on nineteenth-century American life. As a member of a government mule train accompanying the U.S. military during the Plains Indian Wars, Ua Cathail depicts fierce encounters with Native American tribes, while also subtly commenting on the hypocrisy of many famine-era Irish immigrants who failed to recognize the parallels between their own plight and that of dispossessed Native peoples. These views are further challenged by his stories set in the upper Midwest. His writings are marked by the eccentricities and bloated claims characteristic of much American Western literature of the time, while also offering valuable transnational insights into Irish myth, history, and the Gaelic Revival movement. This… Read More

Univ of North Texas Pr, 2021. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Collectible Fine First Edition Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket Price intact NOT a library copy 266 pp B/W illus.Irish Gaelic one side English facing. Real accounts of Irish speaking soldiers interaction with Native Indians. Civil War veteran accounts of battles in Texas Amazing account by the author of fellow Irish lack of compassion like English evictions of the Irish. County Cork speaking Cheyenne! Fine shape see our scans.